Folding box and cover.



J. A. SCOTT.

FOLDING BOX AND COVER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, I9l3.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1913.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 1%:1'0 Invefifov 06 22435450056 ITED STT JAMES A. SCOTT, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING BOX AND COVER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Application filecl ifuly 2st, 1913. Serial No. 780,901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States. residing at lVorcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Boxes and Covers, of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawings, forming a part of the same.

The object of my present invention is to provide a box of cardboard or similar ma terial, having the bottom and sides of the box, and the sides and top of the cover permanently attached, but composed of jointed sections conveniently formed by scoring the cardboard on suitable lines to form hinge joints, whereby thebottom and sides may be folded together in a flat or compact form, and the top and sides of the cover may be folded in flat form suitable to be stacked one upon another for convenience in transportation and storage. I accomplish this object by the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a paper box and cover embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective view ofmy improved box with the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a plan so lview of the sheet of cardboard prepared to form the bottom of the box. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the box with the cover removed, and represented as partially folded. Figs. 5 and 6 represent the box in perspective View at progressive stages of the folding operation. Fig. 7 represents the box in its folded condition. I Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the inside of a. box cover embodying my invention. Fig. 9 represents the box cover in a folded condition. Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate a modified form of construction.

Similar reference letters and figures refer to similar parts in the different views.

Referring to Fig.1 of the drawings, 1 denotes the body portion of the box and 2 the cover, both in the present instance being rectangular in shape. The box proper cons" s of a bottom 3 formed from a sheet of Cardboard represented in Fig. 3. The bottom 3 has a scored line -'lextending diagonally across the bottom :uulforming a hinge oint dividing the bottom 'into two triangular sections 5 and 6. the scored line -l being cut on that side of the sheet which is to form the inside of the bottom. The corners oi the bottom are clipped, as represented at T, anc. scored lines 8 are out on the side 0pposite the side having the scored line at inclosing a rectangular space to form the bottom of the box. The margins between the scored lines 8 and the outer edge of the sheet represented inFig. 3 are turned up on the scored lines 8, forming flanges 9, to which the sides of the box are attached by staples 10, or otherwise permanently united.

The sides of the box are preferably formed. as shown in Fig. 2, from two rectangular sheets of cardboard, one forming the sides 11 and 12 of the box, and the other forming the sides 13 and H, said sides being united to the bottom by the staples 10, and also permanently joined to the opposite or diagonal corners by means of staples 15, or otherwise suitably attached.

The inner side of the box side 11 is scored on the line 16 diagonally across the side and extending from the lower corner 17 of the box to a point 18 at its upper edge. The side of the box is similarly scored on the inside upon a diagonal llne 19 extending across the side from the lower corner :20 to a point 2]. at the upper edge of the box. The scored line l6 forms a hinge joint extending obliquelv across the side 11, dividing the side of the box into two sections 22 and 23, and the scored line 19 forms a similar hinge joint in the side '13. dividing the side 13 into two sections 34 and In order to collapse the box the sides 11 and 13 are pushed inward, folding on the lil'irs l6 and 19. and at the same time the bottom 3 is pushed upward toward the interior of the box.

At the beginning of the folding operation the box will assume the shape representcd in Fig. 4. A. continued pressure against the outside of the sides 11 and 12 will still further collapse the box, bringing it into the shapes successively shown in F 5 and 6. From the shape shown in F ig. 6 the sides are pressed together against the bottom. forming a flat parcel, as repre sented in Fig. '7

The cover 2 of the box'represented in perspective view is (.OnStlUttWl from a single rectangular piece of cardboard having its edges scored and turned up to form flanges J and 3? which are united at the corners of the cover bv staples 28, or otherwise suit.

ably attached; The flanges 26 and 27 when thus united at the corners form sides adapted to telescope over the outside of the box 3, as shown in Fig. 1. The flanges- 27 are each scored upon their outer sides on l nes 29, extending from the cornersof the cover of the boX. The section 31 is provided with a flange 3i separated from the section 31 by a scored line In forming the bottom of the box from the two sections 30 and 31 the flange 3% is slipped beneath the section 30 and the two are united by staples 36.

When the sections 30 and 31 are united the bottom may be folded on the scored line 35, in the same manner as already described.

My improved folding box possessesmany advantages over the method now practised in constructing folding boxes. All the corners of the box may be permanently united at the factory and when collapsed not only become very compact but are also less liable to be injured in shipment, as the different parts of the box when folded could mutually support and protect each other. The collapsed box requires no rebuilding when In order s required for use, it being suiiicient to simply restore it to its original rectangular form.

hen extended in the form shown'in Fig. 2,

end a oo-ver applied as shown in Fig. 1,,the

boxis prevented from collapsing by the cover, which must be removed before the box is folded and the accidental removal of the. cover is conveniently prevented by a tape attached .to the sides and, tied acrossthe cover, as represented in Fig. 1.,

I claim,

Affolding box, having a rectangnliir bot tom, scoredfalong its edges'to provide hinged upstanding flanges," said bottom be? ing scored diagonally,'-Walls for said box',

consistingeofa pair, of sides each :co-exten sive' vvith two adjacent edges of. the bottom and joined to the corresponding hinged fiangesthereof, each of said sides being scored to correspond to the corner of the bottom, and one end of each side being scored to provide hinged attaching edge for the ad acent end of the other side, a

pair of the opposite alls formed; by said sides being scored obliquely from diagonally opposite corners of the bottom to intermediate points along their upper edges, Whereby'the said opposite Walls may be folded upon themselves as they are folded inwardly .upon the bottom.

Dated this nineteenth day of July 1913. JAMES A.'SOOTT. lVitnesses PENELOPE COMBERBAOH, NELLIE VVHALEN. 

